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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9420051" data-attributes="member: 7026594">I am incredibly sympathetic.I'm referencing PDF copies as I write my responses, as you might have guessed by <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/hot-take-dungeon-exploration-requires-light-rules-to-be-fun.705775/post-9419908" target="_blank">this post.</a>Edit: the words "optional" and "optionally" appear 13 times* in the DMG.  They're generally for small things / tweaks to sub-systems.  As the introduction tells us...(emphasis mine)*[ISPOILER]p20 DM may optionally elect to have some poisons be slow-actingp28 Large shields may optionally give an extra 1pt of AC against small (non-war engine or giant-hurled) missiles, but be careful about encumbrance if you do this!p64 At short range the DM may opt to use a d4 for distance off target for grenade-like missiles instead of a d8 as normalp82 The DM may optionally allow characters to be knocked unconscious instead of instantly killed if knocked to as low as -3, not ONLY 0 HP exactly as is the normal rulep113 Optional double rate of fire at a 10% penalty rule for use with firearms from Boot Hillp113 (Boot Hill crossovers again) Optional allowance of a saving throw against dynamite explosions (but increase the base damage from 4-24 to 6-36 if you do this)p143 drawing an additional card with the Idiot card from the Deck of Many Things is optionalp169 Scimitar +2 optionally treated the same as a magic sword if your campaign setting centers scimitars, in which case use the provided sub-table with seven different types of magic scimitarsp182 Random encounter table footnote that you may optionally treat an inappropriate result on the table as no encounter rather than re-rollingp195 Random lower planar creature generation tables, footnote that mandibled and suckered mouths, and barbed or stingered tails may optionally be poisoned (4 in 6 chance). p227 Glossary reference to optional rules on death at what HPp228 Glossary reference to HP for same thing[/ISPOILER]</blockquote>

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